Electroplating apparatus.



PATENTED MAR. l0, 1908.

G. A. LUTZ. ELEGTROPLATING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATION FILED APR.8.1907.

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PATBNTED MAR. l0, 1908.

G. A. LUTZ.

BLEGTROPLATING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. 8.1907.

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0F PORTLAND, tfl'AINE, A I IORPORATIN OF MAINE.

No. eeneio.

- Specification er Lettere Patent.

fatented March 10, 1908.

pplication lled Apri! 8, i907, Serial blo. 356,1203.

i said articles may be uickl immersed in and removed i'rom the e ectroyte or bath, and my invention has particular reference to gelvanizing, by electrdeposit of zinc, a lurality of pipes simultaneously', suoli vas i es used as conduits for electric conductors. y n carrying out my invention l provide a Suitable tank for the electrolyte or 'oath with means forsuspending e. plurality oi anodes therein arrangedlin-a plurality of series, one series of anodes being surroun ded by another series of anodes, means for connecting all of said anodes in a circuit, and means-for simultaneously inserting a plurality oi' articles to be electro-plated'into the electrolyte in the space between said plurality of series oi anodes andi'or quickly removing said articles fromI the electrolyte, with means for con f .necting said articles in series in tbe circuit. 30

My invention also comprises the novel de tails of A improvement and combinations of arts that will be more fully hereinafter set orth and then pointed out 1n the cleini's.

Reference is to be had to the accompany-U drawings forming part liereoii, wherein i igure 1 is a vertical section of an electrof pla'ting'apparatus embodying my invention. ig. 2 is a plan view, pertlv broken, of the cathode plate` from which tlie articles to be plated are sus ended, Fig. 3 is a plan view of'.

the tank wit the cathode plate removed, Fig. e is a cross section on the line ft, fl, o1

yimilar numeraleoi reference indie-ete con responding parts in the'. several views.

4The numeral 1'v in the accompanying draw ings'indicateska.suitable tank within which the several series of anodesZ, 3 are suspended. allieve shown tank 1 as provided Cin-its upper edge/with. a metallic rim 4i shown provided 'with a binding post 5 for connection or' th a 4 P, line wire- 6, and the hooks fwhich support the anodes 2 4within the tank rest, and ineke 'electrical contact with said run 1. Within the space bounded-by the 'anodes 2 is a suitable post 8 secured to the bottoni of the tank and. extending near the to thereof, through which. post a conductor 9 eads and is shown extending through tbe bottoni of the tank and connected with post 10 on metal rim 4, and upon the upper end of said post .is a metal oontect 11 in circuit with ,conductor 9. The anodes 3 ere maintained in circuit with conductor Q by ineens of thecontact 11, 'for which purpose l have shown metal hooks 12 in circuit with. contact 11, which hooks su l have shown the hoo s port the anorl'es 3.

12 as formed on a disk 13 that rests upon contact .11, which disk rney have e central opening 15 to permit access to conductor 9 et .its point oiE connection with contact 11. The hooks 12 can be hung seperately upon contact 11 in the manner that the hooks 7 hong upon ritn 11, if desired. I have shown content 11 and disk 13 es concave-convex fitting each other whereby the hooks 12 are inaintaineifl in proper position upon ost 8. The height oi postv 8 within tank 1 is such that the books 12 will be above the level of the lelectrolyte or bath in said tank, and may be substantially at the height oi hooks 7, which. also are to be above the electrolyte. ln the space between the outer series of anodes 2 and tbe inner series of anodes 3 the articles-16` to be electro-pl ated are suspended, so that the electro-deposit may be quickly evenly made upon said articles.

At 17 cathode plate of suitable metal' iroinwhiob. the articles 16 are to be suspended in the electrolyte in the tank, which cathode .plate is oi such diameter as to permit it topasswbetween the outer series of anodes 2 and their books 7. The cathode plate 17 is shown provided with a series of threaded. ap- Y ertures 17a, on its under surface, to which pipes 16 to be plated may be screwed so as to depend from plate 17 into the electrolyte in tank 1 between the several series of anodes 0 q A" l. .l

l have shown pipes 16 as arranged 1n` circles,- one within another, around anodes 3,

with suitable spaces between said pipes so .that the metal to be deposited on t 1e pipesofthe anodes, I have shown the cathode 8 and anodes 3 which are a dapted to roject into said opening or space' abevethe evel of the bottom of cathode plate 17! i At 19 is a suitable eye bolt connected with cathode 'plate 17 Wherebythe latter may be raised and owered. Plate17 isshown provided with a binding] post `20 for connection with ,a\line wire Z1 of the circuit. l." electro-plating by means of my improvements, the anodes will be hung in series, (one series within the other) upon their lrespective hooks 7`and 12, and the pipes or articles 16 to be plated will be`attached to cathode plateI 17 which will then be lowered to im'- merse saidpipes in the electrolyte in tank 1, and the current from line wire 5 will flow g through the anodes and thence through the electrolyte, thearticles 16` and cathode late 17 tothe line 21, and when the articles ave `been plated the cathode plate with the ai;

i tached articles will be removed, and a ne 25 set oflarticles attached to said plate and low-y er'ed into the electrolyte for electro-plating in the same manner. Y

A relativelylarge number of articles 16 may be attached tb cathode plate 17 forlsimultaneous plating' and simultaneous rer moval from' the electrolyte or. bath, and

thereby l am enabledto readily and quickly electrolate a large number of articles and particu arly those ,of v,considerable length, such as iron pipe for electric conduits. Such pipe may be readily galvanized in my apparatus by means oi zinc anodes, and by the arrangement c the exterior series of circularly disposed anodes 2 and the interior series of anodes 3 the exterior Vannular surfaces of the The particular arrangement ofparts may4 l be variedgwithin the scope of the appended f claims without departing from the spirit`oi' between said series of anodes.

now described my invention what 2. An electro plating apparatus comprising a tank for an electrolyte, means to suspend anodes withinsaid tank, a post within said tank and within the space bounded by said anodes, said post having a metal contact pes may be readilyI anduniformly galvanfy e plated and near its u per part, anodes suspended from said meta contact, a conductor connectin said contact with the .iirst named anodes, anc. a cathode plate provided with means for susbetween the irst named and the second named anodes.

3. An'electro plating apparatus comprising a tank for an electrolyte, means to' sussaid tank and within the space bounded by said anodes, said post having a metal contact near its u per part, anodes suspended from said meta contact, a conductor connectv I said contact With the iirst named anodes, an a cathode plate provided with means lfor suspending articles to be plated in the space between the iirst named and the second named anodes, said cathode plate being provided With an opening or space to receive the upper end of said post, whereby its suspended articles may 'hang below the upper ends of the vanodes connected with said post.

4. An electro lating apparatus comprison said rim de ending into the tank, a-nodes suspended wit iin the tank on said hooks, a post within the tank, anodes suspended from said post, a conductor connecting said `anodes with said rim, and a cathode plate rovided with means to sus end articles to be plated within the space ounded by the ,surrounding the second named anodcs. \J, 5. An electro plating apparatus comprising a tank provi ed with a metal rim upon ending into the tank, anodes carried by said ooks, a post within the tank and arovided With a contact near its upper en a conrim, hooks carried bysaid Contact, anodes `sus ended around said post by said hooks, an a cathode plate provided with means to suspend the articles to be lated in the space between .the iirst named) and the second named anodes. 6. An electr'o lating apparatus comprising a tank provided with a metal rim upon its edge, hooks carried by said. rim and depending into the tank, .anodes carried by said hooks, a post within the tank and rovided with a contact near its upper en a conductor connecting said vcontact with said rim, hooks 'carried by said contact, anodcs suspended around said ost by said hooks, a catl ode plate rovide with means to si send the artic es to be plated in the space etween the first named and the second Y named anodes, saidl cathode plate having a space or opening adapted to receive the upper end of said post and the upper ends of upper ends of the anodes.

pending articles to be plated in the space f pend anodes within said tank, a post within ing a tank provi ed with a metal rim, hooks first named anodes and 'without the space4 its edge, hooks carried by said rim and deiductor connecting said contact with said its anodes to permit the articles suspended' from the cathode plate to extend below the" 7.1An electro-plating apparatus comprisbe plated and arranged to suspend said ing I da (iank Iiclilxl an (fleetrlplyte, ananille sus articles in the space between said anodes.

en e Wit sai tan ,a post sai ank, an anode suspended fromsid post, GEO' A' LUTZ 5 means for connecting said anodes electrically Witnesses:

in a `circuit, and a cathode plate provided T. F. BOURNE, with means to detaehably support articles to MARIE F; WAINWRIGHT. 

